Friday, July 8, 2011

Overstriding overstriders..

This video shows some people overstriding. You can see their quad flex as their knee locks completely out then they heelstrike. Looks very damaging.





"While living I want to live well." - Geronimo

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Great comparison videos

I found these very interesting. Seeing how badly the majority of the people in the videos are toe-pointed-at-the-sky-heel-striking I see why 80% of runners have injuries. The smooth stride of the barefooted runner and the runner in VFF's just look so less jarring and painful.

"Video of a series of runners filmed at 300 frames/sec near the ~17.5 mile mark of the 2010 Boston Marathon (on Washington St. near the intersection with Commonwealth Ave.). All were on a sub-3:00 marathon pace at this point in the race. Note the barefoot runner near the middle of the clip. Courtesy ofhttp://www.runblogger.com".



"Video of a runner in Vibram Fivefingers filmed at 300 frames/sec near the ~17.5 mile mark of the 2010 Boston Marathon (on Washington St. near the intersection with Commonwealth Ave.). Runner was on a sub-3:00 marathon pace at this point in the race. Courtesy of http://www.runblogger.com "

           



"Video of a series of runners filmed at 300 frames/sec near the ~3 mile mark ofa local level 5K. All were middle of the pack runners. Courtesy ofhttp://www.runblogger.com."





"While living I want to live well." - Geronimo